SNEAK PREVIEW: Movies opening this week

Watch trailers from films in theaters this weekend.

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Posted Aug. 28, 2014 at 6:15 AM

Posted Aug. 28, 2014 at 6:15 AM

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THE NOVEMBER MAN

In a bit of a ripoff of “Red,” Pierce Brosnan plays a CIA agent summoned out of retirement to guard a precious asset (Olga Kurylenko), but runs up against an old agency rival (Luke Bracey) who’d like to see him dead. Roger Donaldson (“No Way Out”) directs.

AS ABOVE/SO BELOW

Yet another no-name horror exercise notable only for its setting: The twisting catacombs beneath the streets of Paris. In it, a team of explorers encounter supernatural terrors.

THE TRIP TO ITALY

Director Michael Winterbottom takes comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon on another culinary road excursion in a sequel to their 2010 art-house smash, “The Trip.” This time the scene moves from England to the land of pizza and pasta.

A LETTER TO MOMO

Japanese animator Hiroyuki Okiura (“Akira”) directs a fanciful, hand-drawn tale about a teenage girl encountering spirits who can possibly put her in contact with her recently deceased dad.

LIFE OF CRIME

In a story culled from the late Elmore Leonard, two kidnappers (John Hawkes and Yasiin Bey) make the mistake of snatching a woman (Jennifer Aniston) whose husband couldn’t care less if he ever sees her again. The victim’s captors then become her allies, as the wronged trio exact revenge on the heartless slug.